Author: John F. Cherry
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802077110
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Explains the connection between goldsmiths and monasteries, describes the work of goldsmiths, and looks at their materials, methods, and finished work
Author: John Cherry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780714128238
Category : Art metal-work, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Goldsmiths were among the most highly regarded craftsmen in the medieval world, making extravagant objects from precious gold and silver, often enriched with rare stones and engraved gems. As well as royal and aristocratic patrons, much of their work was created for the Church, as it was thought that 'such display praised God'. For this reason many pieces that survive today were preserved in the treasuries of churches, where they escaped the ravages of history. In this wonderfully illustrated book, John Cherry explores the goldsmith's craft through works in the British Museum and from collections around the world. The British Museum holds some of the most splendid examples of medieval goldsmiths' work in the world, including the peerless Royal Gold Cup. With a description of the craft, its reputation in medieval times, and the raw materials used, the author offers an intriguing introduction to the expertise of the workmanship and the success of the trade. Who were the goldsmiths? Who did they work for? What influenced them, and how much freedom were they given to design? These questions and others are explored in this classic book, now redesigned in a lovely new format and illustrated throughout with new colour photography.
Author: Joann Jovinelly
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9781404207578
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Includes instructions for making jewelry, stone carving designs, a peasant's hat, shoes, armor, pottery, etc. from available materials.
Author: R. W. Lightbown
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art metal-work, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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This study by Mr. R.W. Lightbown is the product of considerable research and deals with the gold and silver secular plate of medieval France from the historical, antiquarian, artistic and iconographical standpoints. It contains a corpus of all the surviving examples, bringing out the central role played by France in the history of Gothic art and medieval social life.
Author: John Blair
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9781852853266
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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This work is intended as a modern successor to L.F. Salzman's "English Industries in the Middle Ages" (1913). The approach to each industry is by material, discussing its acquisition, working and sale as a finished product. Only industries that resulted in the production of consumer goods and where substantial numbers of artefacts survive from the Middle Ages are dealt with (fishing and brewing are therefore omitted); the text is illustrated by pictures of surviving objects and contemporary representations of medieval work.
Author: Sir Charles James Jackson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Goldsmiths
Languages : en
Pages : 778
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Author: South Kensington Museum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects
Languages : en
Pages : 672
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Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1805430408
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 350
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Vol 1 of a three-volume edition, provides translations of the Goldsmiths' Company Register of Deeds with full explicatory annotation, and with a clear introduction to both the manuscript and the legal texts contained in it. The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, commonly known as the Goldsmiths' Company, is one of the twelve Great Livery Companies of the City of London. This three-volume edition provides translations of the company's Register of Deeds with full explicatory annotation and with a clear introduction to both the manuscript and the legal texts contained within. Additionally, the volumes contain detailed name and subject indexes. The company's Register of Deeds has never been fully utilised by historians, but it contains a record copy made from the fifteenth century onwards of the original deeds of the company's acquisitions of property from the reign of King Richard I to the seventeenth century. These deeds reveal much about the precise location of properties and their inhabitants. Wills, often appearing in the Register, help to piece together a social history of the time. Charitable purposes were often the reason for monies or property bequeathed to the Goldsmiths, sometimes of an educational nature, or of almsgiving to the poor, or for the training and support of young goldsmiths and silversmiths. Many documents also concern women, either acting solely in their own name or jointly with a husband, sometimes also appearing as daughters or sisters, providing evidence regarding their legal position during the medieval and early modern period. The editing and translation of these documents (from Latin and French into modern-day English) will be of great use to historians interested in the buildings of medieval and Tudor London and their use as personal or business premises. But beyond these obvious confines, these so far hidden sources will help to rewrite a social, legal, and economic history of medieval and Tudor London.
Author: Peter Spufford
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521375900
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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This is a full-scale study that explores every aspect of money in Europe and the Middle Ages.
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 852
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